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on the ground

on the ground prepositional phrase: in an area (location) of interest or active operations, versus outside that area (and especially, far away from it).

Prepositional phrase

  1. In an area (location) of interest or active operations, versus outside that area (and especially, far away from it).
    • You might feel differently about this policy if you were on the ground in a war zone.
  2. In the daily life of the general public, or at least in that of some group of people who aren't out-of-touch elites.
    • Near-synonyms: on the street, in the streets, in reality, in the real world
    • Evidently, senior management has no idea how things get done by those of us on the ground.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, the, ground.
    • I'm still surprised that I found a hundred-dollar bill just lying on the ground.

on the ground meaning in Tamil and Punjabi

on the ground in Tamil

வளர்த்து

on the ground in Punjabi

on the ground; on the floor
ਭੁੰਜੇ bhuñje

Synonyms of on the ground

All synonyms of on the ground

Words formed from on the ground

Questions about on the ground

What does on the ground mean?
On the ground means in an area (location) of interest or active operations, versus outside that area (and especially, far away from it).
What is on the ground in Tamil?
On the ground in Tamil is வளர்த்து. See On the ground meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is on the ground?
On the ground is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the ground in the dictionary

  1. on the go
  2. on the grid
  3. on the gridiron
  4. on the gripping hand
  5. on the grog
  6. on the ground
  7. on the half hour
  8. on the heels of
  9. on the high rope
  10. on the high ropes
  11. on the hog

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Adapted from Wiktionary: on the ground (page history and authors); on the ground (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਭੁੰਜੇ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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